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I haven't used Mint in years. I have nothing against it (what's not to like?) but I've moved on. I've been using MX Linux as my main OS for quite some time. I think it was back around MX-15 or 16. It just keeps getting better and better. I've found nothing to compare with it from my viewpoint. It's...

I tried using MX Linux off of thumb drive about a year ago. Tried to follow directions but was confusing. Couldn't make it persistent on the the (32GIG) thumb drive at all. Other than that it was OK to use. Haven't tried it since. If directions get easier to follow, then I may try it again someday....

Okay, after mostly using MX for 5 months I am really happy with it. Upgraded to MX19 last night and lost my sexy KDE desktop, which turned out to be a good thing. I found out I can use Cinnamon with MX and 19 fixed my printer driver issue. Mint still has a bluetooth issue where bluetooth won't see m...

Thanks guys!!

It appears to have been an issue with an older install of adb(I think). As I was working through the issue the phone came back to life and I never had to test the new install I did.

Howdy, Hope I am posting in the correct spot. I am hacking( well, hacking, bricking, hopefully unbricking my phone ) and have run into a problem with adb sideload not being able to read the android image I need to install because it is too big. From the searching I have done I think it is because th...

Here is the output from the last command Mr.EEn suggested; glockdoc@glockdoc-Aspire-C22-860:~$ dmesg |egrep -i "blue|firm" [ 0.028000] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls [ 0.060483] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored [ 1.572586] [drm] Finished...

glockdoc@glockdoc-Aspire-C22-860:~$ lsusb; dmesg | egrep -i `blue|firm` Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04ca:3015 Lite-On Technology Corp. Bus 001 Device...

After a month of mostly MX I have decided I like the way everything pretty much works without tweaking. I love the speed over Mint. I like the variety of software. So far I haven't run into anything that only has a tar.gz file for an install. I do miss how pretty and finished Mint looks. So, for now...

I found a solution that seems to be working. 1st off I noticed in the prefs.js file(after I opened it) the very top says any changes to this file while firefox is open will be overwritten when ff closes, or something like that. I thought that may have been my problem, I was changing the file w ff op...

Bummer, I thought that might be it. Thank you for your help. glockdoc@glockdoc-Aspire-C22-860:~$ apt policy blueberry blueberry: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.2.5 Version table: 1.2.5 500 500 http://packages.linuxmint.com tessa/main amd64 Packages 500 http://packages.linuxmint.com tessa/main i386 P...

We may have found the problem. I am not sure how to fix it though............ glockdoc@glockdoc-Aspire-C22-860:~$ apt install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done pulseaudio-module-bluetooth is already the newest version...

Howdy! Bluetooth has me aggravated to no end with 19.1. Prior to the 19.1 upgrade I had no bt issues. After the upgrade I totally lost bt( another post solved ). My current problem is I cannot see my Sherman BT speakers. I have tried all the current fixes I can find. None have worked thus far. I ins...

Here are 2 more in depth guides. I use a mix of articles for my about:config settings. Wish I could just move them all and have it work!!

https://gist.github.com/0XDE57/fbd302cef7693e62c769


https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/b ... ing-guide/

Ok, I installed MX and copied pref.js....that did not work. What has come closest to working was copyiing the entire profile folder into the new profile and deleting compatability.ini. Without deleting that 1 file I got an error and had to either quit or create a new profile for ff to start. After I...

Thanks 151Tom!

I will make a note. One of the things I like most about Mint Cinnamon is how polished and professional it looks. MX looks 10 yrs old, but, so far I like the features I have been able to play around with for a few hours.

I will try Helen Keller just for the name alone!! =P

I created a live USB and holy hell, it is blazing fast compared to Mint on my set up.....i3 w 4g of ram on an Acer all in one. I expect a full install will be even faster. Now, being a somewhat thinking man, I wonder is is because it is a fresh install without all my programs added or just works wel...

Thank you much! Will post solved after I have done it.

Howdy, I change a TON of firefox settings in the about:config section to increase privacy and security. The problem is I have to do this on every computer, then every new computer, then every new os, etc, etc. If I take the default profile from my workhorse machine and replace the contents of the de...

Well, I discovered you can install Mint XFCE alongside Cinnamon, so that is what I did. I will play around with it and see which one I like better then maybe play with MX, although I am not far enough into my linux journey to understand why 1 would be better than the other. Thanks for the replies!! ...

Saw the post about distro watch, doesn't really influence my interest, but MX seems to be way easier to navigate and more customizable. Does anyone have MX and Mint? Likes/dislikes for both? Mint sure appears much more polished, but, from my reading, MX seems to operate more smoothly and be an easie...